Silver is a great precious metal to choose for keepsake and memorial jewellery and does not need much care.

Tarnishing

Most silver will usually tarnish eventually. This often turns the silver black, brown or dark grey but can also have a greenish or blueish hue because of the copper content.

Silver will tarnish faster under certain conditions. Sulphur, humidity, air quality (such as living near the sea), even body chemistry will affect how quickly it tarnishes. Coming into contact with egg and oil can tarnish silver faster.

Silver jewellery can be polished with a silver polishing cloth but please avoid the resin area. We don’t recommend you use an ultrasonic cleaner or cleaning bath because the liquid/chemicals may damage the resin.

Most local jewellers can polish the piece for you and will take care to protect the resin. Some silver is rhodium plated, which makes it tarnish-free, but that will wear off over time and leave a patchy effect. These pieces need to be re-coated by a specialist who can protect the resin during the plating process. 

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Scrapes & Scratches

Try to avoid bumping and scratching your piece as this could damage. A professional jeweller can remove scratches but please let them know your piece contains resin.

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Resizing

Silver rings with resin can easily be enlarged up to one UK size or half a US or EU size. To enlarge any more than that without risking the silver cracking, the ring will need to be annealed. A professional silversmith may be able to do this for you with using ThermoGel to protect the resin but it can result in damage and discolouration. The same goes for reduction, it may be safer and less expensive for us to remove the resin stone and set it in a new ring for you. Please get in touch.

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When Silver Jewellery Has Been Damaged

If your piece has become damaged then it may need to be remade from scratch. We can usually save the resin part and set it in a new piece but please see our resin jewellery care instructions if the resin is also damaged